Roxana Vilk / Director/ Producer | Tehran Backyard
Roxana Vilk / Director/ Producer | Tehran Backyard
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ROXANA VILK
MULTI DISCIPLINARY creative working across Music, Theatre, Film, Sound and Live Performance
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“Roxana Vilk’s ‘Tehran Backyard’ It is a portrait of working class life in the Islamic Republic devoid of the plaudit-seeking posturing that dogs much of Iran's film output, while carrying, a subtle and touching women's punch.” - Peyvand Khorsandi
DIRECTOR / WRITER / PRODUCER
Tehran Backyard
Highlights:
NOMINATED - Royal Television Award
WINNER – Best Documentary Film – Nextframe Festival 2008 winner of KODAK award
NOMINATED – Best Short Doc – Full Frame Film Festival 2007
NOMINATED – Best Short Documentary – DOCNZ
Sold to BBC World in 2009.
Pari is a sixty five year old woman who lives on the outskirts of Tehran. Each day she travels over six hours into the sprawling city to work as a cleaning lady for the middle class ladies of north Tehran. Her husband is blind, she has five children and two grandchildren and she is still the main breadwinner. We travel behind the scenes to witness the extraordinary life of Pari, a strong woman who has carried her family through many adversities Roxana filmed this on both Super 8 and HD to mix cinematic styles.
Screenings:
Screened at over twenty film festivals world-wide…
